
It’s the period where Thrawn left his first compelling impression on fandom, so the canvas is wide open for the Grand Admiral to rewrite his history on Disney Plus, and quite probably in novels yet to come. Although series’ set early in this era, like The Mandalorian, have left heavy hints. So far, core continuity has yet to pull Thrawn into the ABY era - the period after the destruction of the first Death Star, which quickly saw the defeat of the Emperor and the rebellion’s transition to the New Republic.

His story would have to be altered a fair. Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (novel, 2020) Or, for a more emotional threat, Star Wars could bust out Luuke Skywalker, the deranged clone of Luke introduced by Zahn in the Thrawn trilogy’s finale. It consists of Heir to the Empire (1991), Dark Force Rising (1992), and The Last Command (1993), which were published by Bantam Spectra.Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (movie, 2002) In that animated series, Thrawn is 100 percent the same character we remember from the ‘90s Timothy Zahn novels, but he’s in a totally different part of the timeline.
